Thursday, August 7, 2014

Giveaway for a Signed Advance Copy of THE CURE FOR DREAMING!

I have one spare advance reading copy of The Cure for Dreaming sitting on my desk, waiting to be read. To celebrate the rapidly approaching release date of the novel, as shown here . . .

. . . and to also celebrate the recent sale of my third YA novel, The Steep and Thorny Way, to Amulet Books, I'm offering ONE FREE SIGNED ADVANCE COPY OF THE CURE FOR DREAMING! I'll also toss in some swag for the novel, as well as In the Shadow of Blackbirds bookmarks and stickers.

Here are the giveaway rules:

1. You must be 13 or older to enter.

2. U.S. and Canada entries only.
(Readers in other countries: Please keep an eye on @ACBYA on Twitter and facebook.com/ACKidsUK for future giveaways. Also note that the UK release date is 1 October, 2014, two weeks sooner than the U.S. date!)

46 comments:

A hypnotist came to my university a few years back for one of the Orientation Week events, but I unfortunately wasn't chosen as a volunteer (the tall guy standing in front of me was instead). It was really neat to watch though!

The closest I have ever gotten to hypnotism is watching Now You See Me, and that is close enough. I don't revel in the idea that someone can have control over someone else's mind. I would never want to be under hypnotism, but I would like to know more about it, which is one of the reasons why I am so hyped for The Cure for Dreaming!

I've been hypnotized a couple of times...it didn't seem to work for me! All I felt was relaxed and my mind just kind of wandered. I didn't feel any different or do anything different during or afterwards. But I'd love to actually see someone in a trance!

I've personally never been hypnotized but, quite a few years ago we had a hypnotist come to my school and a close friend of mine was. She went up with a group of people and was put under. He has a bunch of sheets of paper and she was led to believe that it was money. He threw it into the air and everyone grabbed some, stuffing it into their shirts and the like. He told them it'd wear off in a few hours. So, after the show we went to lunch. We sat down and I jokingly asked her about all the money she had hidden. She stopped eating and gave me the strangest look, asked how I knew about that and got up to go check to see if it was still hidden. Later she denied it happening and wanted to know why her locker was stuffed with newspaper clippings. It was priceless!

I went to a youth gathering when I was younger, during which we saw a hypnotist perform. As he asked for volunteers, my family nudged me to put up my hand. I was chosen, to my amazement and embarrassment. The most memorable part was after I had left the stage she had said a code word and immediately I was trying to sell fish to those around me.

I haven't been hypnotized (yet), although every year I keep telling myself that I'll do it for my birthday. Funny story, though, I was once sitting far back in the audience at a Renaissance festival, watching a man hypnotize a group onstage, and the woman sitting in front of me slumped over in her chair--she'd become hypnotized just by watching! She reacted to the hypnotist's prompts--taking off her jacket when he said it was "hot" out, shaking with "chills" when he said it was "cold."

I have witnessed a few hypnotisms, but have never been hypnotized myself. I think it would be interesting, in certain situations. I don't think I would want to be in a show, but they use it for past life regressions and certain situations like that. I think that would be very interesting and informative!

I love all of these responses! Angelica: I would be interested to find out what's involved with hypnotizing chickens! And what chickens can do while hypnotized!

When I was a teenager, a hypnotist came to my high school and hypnotized various volunteers, including one of my Spanish teachers. He told my teacher to dance like Madonna, and she started taking off her sweater, so that part of the program had to be very quickly stopped!

I was hypnotized as part of a drama class in college, which was an extremely relaxing experience.

Thanks to everyone who has entered, and thank you to those of you who have mentioned love for IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS. The giveaway will run for a little under two more weeks.

I have not been hypnotized. I I wouldn't mind if it's not something crazy. We always think of serious horror or therapy hypnosis, but music can put you in a trance, I guess. When I'm in the middle of a book I'll get really vivid daydreams.

A hypnotist came to my school for a senior day. I wasnt picked, but I would have loved to try it. Watching my senior class act like something their not was just too funny.They were pretending to play instruments, be animals, and one guy was acting like a girl! I would love to see another one soon.

I tried it once for depression. I don't remember much because he had to bring me out if it because I started crying. He thought I was remembering a past life but I don't believe in reincarnation and the whole experience freaked me out.

I've never tried hypnotism, and honestly, I'm too scared to try. The idea of someone having control over me is terrifying. But I do wonder what people being hypnotized in real life look like (the ones of television look fake...)

I've never been hypnotized. I sort of would like to be just to see if it worked, but also I don't like the idea of being so out of control of myself. So...maybe? If I had friends with me who 1) tried it first and 2) I could trust to make sure nothing horrible happened. :-p